Paper box.



Y T. L. NEUMANN.

PAPER BOX.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 16, 1908. I 917,347. Patented Apr. 6, 1909'@Mwmfoi ak li zneqdv UNITED s'rArnsra rnNr OFFTCE.

' THEODORE L. NEUMANN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAYTON PAPER NOVELTY .State of Ohio, have invent-ed certain new and I 1,

as cakes of chocolate cream.

COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

PAPER BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 6, 1909. Applicationfiled July 16, 1908. Serial No. 443,873. i

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, THEODORE .lJ. N EU- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and slits h, 11,

vided with tongues g, (1, ti lock gether. These tongues engage formed inthe bottom of the box.

2, 3, l. 5, 6, 7, represent scored lines useful Iin rovements in PaperBoxes, of l formed on the blank which cause the parts to which theollowing is a specification. assume the desired shape and enable the Theobject of my invention is to provide a blank to be readily formed into ahex.

aper box corresponding in shape to the This box is especially adapted toship fi'ustum of a pyramid, preferably oblong. chocolates and otherconfectionery made in Commercially, these boxes are chiefly used forpacking and marketing confections, such 1 box inclosing the same.

The preferred form of the box is oblong, but it is obvious that the baseand top might be madrv equal sided respectively forming a blankcorrespondingly. 1

Having descrihediny invention, 1 claim:

A blank for a box having the shape of a frustum of a cone, saidbl-ankcomprising a bottom section with the end pieces extending The box isadapted to he made from a blank, shipped knocked-down or unfolded. Theconfiguration of the blank and the parts are of such shape that it maybe folded, put together and locked inposition. The locking devices aremade readily detachable for removing the article packed therein, whichare made the same shape as the box.

ther features of the invention are more fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which l'gure l is. a plan view of the blank of whichthe box is formed. ig. 2 is a perspective View of the blank with one endopen. Fig. 3 is a central cross section of l ig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectionon line at, a, lig. 2.

A represents the base of the box.

B represents the top of the box;

a, a, represent the ends of the box.

0, 0, represent the laps or tongues to fold over and tuck under the topB.

d, 61, represent the sides of the box.

e, e, represent flaps on the respective sides which are laid in andassist in holding the ends in position.

THEODORE L. NEUMANN.

Witnesses:

J. SPRIGG McMAnoN, S. W. l' 'RoEH E.

therefrom, locking ilaps on the end pieces C represents the locking flapand is proancy shapes, corresponding to that of the pieces, the saidlateral extension

